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11. Good OP with essential question, but I wish you'd been able to write it without

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Sat Mar 24, 2012, 09:35 AM

Mar 2012

referring to a female sexual assault victim as a "poor...schmuckette."

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Why do we condone violence? [View all] malthaussen Mar 2012 OP

Because we're a bunch of friken ANIMALS. MADem Mar 2012 #1

Except, MADem, that animals are not nearly so violent malthaussen Mar 2012 #2

Sure they are--when it matters to them. It just matters less. MADem Mar 2012 #4

Fair distinction malthaussen Mar 2012 #6

Valid question. MADem Mar 2012 #29

Wouldn't that be predicated on the assumption... malthaussen Mar 2012 #30

Or maybe it's all down to "There's money to be made?" MADem Mar 2012 #31

If I didn't know better, I'd suspect you of cynicism. malthaussen Mar 2012 #32

Maybe murder and rape have come to be regarded as the cost of doing business? MADem Mar 2012 #33

And of course, in cases of rape, she's only a woman malthaussen Mar 2012 #34

It's a rather odious theory--but that doesn't make it untrue. MADem Mar 2012 #36

We are definitely competition-oriented, to extremes malthaussen Mar 2012 #38

Indeed. MADem Mar 2012 #39

Ever see the BC comic about golf? malthaussen Mar 2012 #40

Feuerstein is a bit of a local hero--his story is oft-repeated in MA. MADem Mar 2012 #41

I am far too inflexible to swing a club malthaussen Mar 2012 #47

You'd enjoy a "best ball" game. MADem Mar 2012 #49

George MacDonald Fraser malthaussen Mar 2012 #51

We've added the violent tendencies of the reptilian cortex into an active forebrain IDemo Mar 2012 #5

Stipulate that this is true malthaussen Mar 2012 #7

Stipulate which - the human brain structure, or that violence feels good? IDemo Mar 2012 #10

I was thinking more along the lines of a social "cure," malthaussen Mar 2012 #15

Chimps can be quite violent with one another RZM Mar 2012 #22

Yeah, apes even make war on other apes malthaussen Mar 2012 #23

Because basically we are killer apes. hobbit709 Mar 2012 #3

It's that whole survival of the fittest thing that we have instilled in our culture. TNLib Mar 2012 #8

But the question is, if you want to buy the Social Darwinism line malthaussen Mar 2012 #9

They are pro-survival TNLib Mar 2012 #13

Pro- for the individual or clan, perhaps, Ron Green Mar 2012 #14

Which leads us to the question... malthaussen Mar 2012 #16

Good OP with essential question, but I wish you'd been able to write it without BlueIris Mar 2012 #11

We don't just condone violence, it's our national religion gratuitous Mar 2012 #12

"Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent." Isaac Asimov Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2012 #17

But Ikey was wrong. malthaussen Mar 2012 #18

I certainly don't disagree with you lunatica Mar 2012 #19

IMO the problem is the popular belief in the need to "let off steam" Odin2005 Mar 2012 #20

It's part of the human condition. Johnny Rico Mar 2012 #21

Laws are formulated to regulate the human condition malthaussen Mar 2012 #24

Laws which frequently regulate violence rather than prohibit it. Johnny Rico Mar 2012 #25

Still not satisfactory malthaussen Mar 2012 #26

You mentioned war, and war is sometimes (certainly not always) a rational choice. Johnny Rico Mar 2012 #27

You and Prof de la Paz both malthaussen Mar 2012 #28

It's a very American thing handa Mar 2012 #35

Well, now, depends on your perspective malthaussen Mar 2012 #37

At what point do you prove the assertion that "we condone violence" please? flvegan Mar 2012 #42

At no point malthaussen Mar 2012 #45

Are you referring to that asshole Jim Rome? JonLP24 Mar 2012 #43

Thanks for refreshing my memory malthaussen Mar 2012 #46

I said what he did was wrong JonLP24 Mar 2012 #48

You did say it was wrong malthaussen Mar 2012 #50

Did Rome want to press charges? JonLP24 Mar 2012 #52

America has been at war for about 212 years out of its 236 year existence chnoutte Mar 2012 #44